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CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Thanks Carlos! Guns are prefab-- master model or something like that.. Reference photos are always welcome!Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:48 am You diving deep into this one! Beautiful work on the driver. Are you making your own barrels from telescoping brass tubing, or did you buy those pre made? Very interesting about the pencil rub onto graph paper for the canopy mask…
I have some photos of an A-4 Skyhawk gunsight for reference if you’re interested…
Oh,yea, the pencil rub is on Tamiya tape -- I just scanned it in grayscale...
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Very interesting about the scan from tape. Ingenious!
Here is the sight off of a Skyhawk that one of the guys brought into an AMPS meet a few years ago
Here is the sight off of a Skyhawk that one of the guys brought into an AMPS meet a few years ago
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Great pictures Carlos , thanks!
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
You're welcome Chris. It was cool in that if you shined a bright light up the mount tube, the aiming reticle would project onto the sight glass.
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Okay, how did you get a pencil rubbing to scan?
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Very cool!Stikpusher wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:58 am You're welcome Chris. It was cool in that if you shined a bright light up the mount tube, the aiming reticle would project onto the sight glass.
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
- Place tape on canopy
- Rub raised detail with pencil
- remove tape from canopy
- stick tape to index card (dont smudge the pencil!)
- put index card on scanner
- scan
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
The new fuse prototype is 'Sarge Approved'.
Styrene rod, strip of aluminum from soda can, tiny .2mil punched styrene disk for the end cap.
Styrene rod, strip of aluminum from soda can, tiny .2mil punched styrene disk for the end cap.
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Re: CB's Monogram 1/48 A-1H Skyraider Build
Well I tried to make my Mk VIII gunsight look as much like a Skyraider sight as I could. I added a big knob on the left side and a rectangular plate as the base of the glass...which I am not sure is right now that I am thinking about it...
Now I can get the cockpit installed finally and then the wing can go on.
Now I can get the cockpit installed finally and then the wing can go on.
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